The Bounds of Reason: Game Theory and the Unification of the Behavioral Sciences

by Herbert Gintis

Book Overview

Game theory is central to understanding human behavior and relevant to all of the behavioral sciences--from biology and economics, to anthropology and political science. However, as The Bounds of Reason demonstrates, game theory alone cannot fully explain human behavior and should instead complement other key concepts championed by the behavioral disciplines. Herbert Gintis shows that just as game theory without broader social theory is...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691140529
• ISBN13: 9780691140520
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.2" x 10.0"